Caterpillar was named among Illinois’ top 100 employers in a recent survey by Forbes.
Caterpillar ranked 99th among the state’s top employers in Forbes’ annual Best Employers by State, which spotlights the top companies with a presence in each American state. In Caterpillar’s case, the company, founded in Peoria in 1925, maintains offices and facilities in the Peoria area and across Illinois despite moving its corporate headquarters to Texas in 2022.
Forbes’ list, conducted with the assistance of Statista, a top market research firm, utilizes an independent survey of over 245,000 employees working at companies of 500 people or more from all industries across the United States. Those responding to the survey evaluated companies on a 1-10 scale on criteria such as wages and benefits, management style, the reputation of the company, flexibility and career advancement.
In sum, they were asked how likely they were to recommend their company to others, also being asked about their prior employers and other organizations they knew within their industry or through friends and family working there.
The data provided is then incorporated into a scoring system that contains survey data over the past three years, weighing more recent responses heavily. Depending on the size of the state, states could have as few as three employers or as many as 101.
For Illinois, Google was ranked as the state’s top employer, with two Chicago offices. AutoZone, with 254 stores across the state, came in second, while Southwest Airlines, flying out of Chicago’s Midway Airport, came in third. Microsoft came in fourth, while Costco came in fifth.
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Reporting by Zach Roth, Peoria Journal Star / Journal Star
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